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   Jesse Holman Jones (April 5, 1874 – June 1, 1956) was an American Democratic politician and entrepreneur from Houston, Texas. Jones managed a Tennessee tobacco factory at age fourteen, and at nineteen, he was put in charge of his uncle's lumberyards.

   • Political party: Democratic
   • President: Franklin D. Roosevelt

   • Preceded by: Harry Hopkins
   • Succeeded by: Henry A. Wallace

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   Apr 1, 2024 · Jesse H. Jones (born April 5, 1874, Robertson County, Tenn., U.S.—died June 1, 1956, Houston, Texas) was a U.S. banker, businessman, and public official, chairman of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC) from 1933 to 1939.

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   • Jesse Holman Jones (April 5, 1874 – June 1, 1956) was an American Democratic politician and entrepreneur from Houston, Texas. Jones managed a Tennessee tobacco factory at age fourteen, and at nineteen, he was put in charge of his uncle's lumberyards.

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   Who is Jesse Jones?

   • Soon, Jesse Jones started his own lumber business, the South Texas Lumber Company, purchased his own lumberyard and quickly expanded it to 65 across the region. He began building small houses, making them affordable for working families by offering 20-year mortgages, which at the time was a new concept.

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   What did Jesse and Mary Jones do after leaving Washington?

   • After leaving Washington, Jesse and Mary Jones focused on philanthropy, working through the Houston Endowment, a non-profit corporation they founded in 1937. Though most of this giving was focused on Texas, some of it flowed to Tennessee and Massachusetts.

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   How old was Jesse when he started working in Dallas?

   • At the age of seventeen, Jesse and his family returned to Dallas. After several attempts to find a suitable job in Dallas and the surrounding region, Jesse started working in Hillsboro, Texas, at one of his uncle's lumberyards. He performed manual labor, but also served the office side of the business, such as bookkeeping and debt collection.

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   With only an eighth grade education and natural business acumen, Jesse Holman Jones set off for Houston, Texas in 1894 on a journey that would take him to the heights of wealth and power....

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   2 days ago · Jesse H. Jones. April 5, 1874–June 1, 1956. During the Great Depression and World War II, one of the most powerful men in the United States was a tall, silver-haired Texan named Jesse Holman Jones. Born in 1874, Jones made his fortune in real estate and banking. He helped get the Houston Ship Channel built and brought the 1928 Democratic ...

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7. www.houstonendowment.org › announcements › a-lastingA Lasting Legacy: Jesse H. Jones | Houston Endowment

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   Apr 3, 2024 · Jones, as finance chairman of the Democratic National Committee, erased the Party’s persistent debt and captured the 1928 convention for Houston, the first national convention held in the South since before the Civil War and one of the first to be widely received over radio.

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   Jesse H. Jones moved to Houston in 1898 at the age of 24 and quickly became an innovative and influential force in the city’s civic life and in its business community. Jones cultivated a reciprocal relationship with his community and simultaneously built his businesses and his city.

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    Jesse Holman Jones was a prominent figure in the early 20 th century, with his name on seemingly every corner of American life. Though born on a tobacco farm in Robertson County, Tennessee, Jones moved at a young age to Texas, where he would hone his business acumen and build his entrepreneurial reputation.